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Zorro

(16,296 posts)
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:22 PM Mar 2022

Mike Pompeo sounds like presidential candidate in Sarasota speech that slams 'woke left'

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo checked all the boxes for a Republican presidential candidate in the Trump era, going after the “woke left” and the media while wading into gender politics Thursday during a Sarasota appearance that included a warning about Americans moving away from “Judeo-Christian” values.

Pompeo is widely believed to be considering a presidential run in 2024, and referenced the election in his speech to the Sarasota County GOP, saying some in the crowd suggested “there ought to be something I do in 2024.”

Pompeo didn’t reveal his 2024 plans, but seemed eager to be back at the center of U.S. politics.

“There were some of you who said: 'Well I bet it’s nice to have a break and be out of the fire, to be out of the center,” Pompeo said. “The truth is, I’d give anything to be back there.”

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/24/trump-secretary-state-mike-pompeo-speaks-sarasota-republicans/7140391001/

Sarasota Republicans awarded Pompeo "Statesman of the Year" Thursday, one shared with previous awardees Rick Scott and Donald Trump (twice).

They really go out of their way to display their in-your-face assholishness. Small wonder Mike Flynn and other RWNJs have been attracted to the area, which is a shame for such a beautiful community.

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Mike Pompeo sounds like presidential candidate in Sarasota speech that slams 'woke left' (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2022 OP
He sounds more like Putin C_U_L8R Mar 2022 #1
sounds like a fucking traitor and asshole...NOT a FUCKING presidential CANDIDATE wtf is wrong with Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #2
The article is not particularly kind to Pompeo Zorro Mar 2022 #3
Epic battle between the woke left and the 'nightmare' right sanatanadharma Mar 2022 #4
Better woke than yorkster Mar 2022 #5
'woke left'.. god I hate that term. Used a lot in the British press.. I understand where it mitch96 Mar 2022 #6

Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts)
2. sounds like a fucking traitor and asshole...NOT a FUCKING presidential CANDIDATE wtf is wrong with
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:23 PM
Mar 2022

.the way the media is treating him and the FASCIST RACISTS on SC hearings is why this country is broken and will never recover

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
4. Epic battle between the woke left and the 'nightmare' right
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:44 PM
Mar 2022

The somnambulist 'right' oscillates between deep 'un-awakeness' and terrified nightmare dreams.

The right is not awake to reality.

yorkster

(2,415 posts)
5. Better woke than
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 12:54 PM
Mar 2022

- asleep at the switch

- sleepwalking through history

etc.,etc.

Or worse, acting as seditious, grifting conspirators.

Pompeo got out after feathering his own nest and before the real stuff hit the fan. A cya move, of course.

mitch96

(14,658 posts)
6. 'woke left'.. god I hate that term. Used a lot in the British press.. I understand where it
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 03:25 PM
Mar 2022

came from and sad the RWNJ's have latched on to it... It's all just "newspeak" to make things sound different and cool...not... Legacy?=old, backfill?= replace, Unpack?=explain..uff
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